"Cindy Hamilton" > wrote in message
.. .
> In article >,
> S Viemeister > wrote:
>>On 2/6/2014 3:32 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>
>>> The reviewer doesn't know the difference between U.S. and Imperial.
>>> A lot of people don't. All I can remember is that an Imperial pint
>>> is 20 ounces.
>>>
>>Just to confuse things:
>>an Imperial pint=20 Imperial ounces=19.2152 US ounces
>>
>
> Thanks. The difference between a US ounce and an Imperial
> ounce is one of the many things I can't remember.
>
> I recall a bit in... 1984? Brave New World? where some old
> gaffer is complaining about the recently adopted metric system.
> Half a liter of beer isn't enough; a whole liter is too much.
> It didn't make much sense to me at first: half a liter is
> very, very close to a U.S. pint.

And never the twain shall meet <g>


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